Eldar KHAMITOV

UNITED STATES

Eldalieee (Eldar Khamitov) is an American visual artist and street photographer who was born on January 24th, 1985, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and is currently based in New York City. Focus of Eldar’s work is narrative through candid images of people in the streets on New York City and all over the world. He defines his goal as "capturing mood in each scene or portrayed character, and create a timeless story that has no connection to a specific period of time." Main subjects of his photography are people in candid moments of oblivion, or, very often, senior citizens who, by their appearances only, have already many stories to tell. Eldar is a founder of a Timeless Streets Collective of international photographers that features best work of fellow artists through social media thus connecting talents around the world. His inspirations in photography are Vivian Maier, Harry Gruyeart, Guy Bourdin, Diane Arbus, and Danny Lyon.